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SINGAPORE - In a stunning development, Johor crown prince Ismail Sultan Ibrahim revealed in his Twitter account yesterday that Argentina legend Gabriel Batistuta could join the state's Malaysian Premier League (MPL) side and work with former Singapore star Fandi Ahmad. According to Ismail, who is also the Johor FA president, Batistuta will arrive in Johor soon to hold talks with him and Fandi. Batistuta, who turned 43 a week ago, is Argentina's record all-time leading scorer with 56 goals from 78 appearances during an 11-year international career that included appearances at three World Cups and two Copa America triumphs in 1991 and 1993. He started his footballing life in his native Argentina, turning out for River Plate and Boca Juniors in a professional career that spanned almost two decades from 1988 to 2005. But it was in Italy that he rose to global prominence, first...